Epic Games has escalated its legal battle against Apple, urging a federal judge to find Apple in contempt of court for failing to adhere to a previous court order from the 2021 antitrust trial. This order required Apple to allow alternative payment options in its App Store, a directive stemming from a 2021 antitrust trial. Epic Games, the creator of the popular video game 'Fortnite,' accuses Apple of implementing 'commercially unusable' direct payment links and imposing new fees and restrictions that effectively prevent linking to external payment methods. This move by Epic Games is the latest development in a legal confrontation that began in 2020, when Epic first accused Apple of antitrust violations related to its App Store policies.